Basketball Camp

I wanted to sign Michael up for T-Ball this year, but the dates didn't work out with our trip and I didn't want to pay the money for him to miss 1-2 games (out of 4), so I looked into some other options and found this Tot Basketball camp which I thought he would like MUCH better! If we were to rank his favorite sports it would go Golf ('cause of daddy), Basketball, Hockey, then Baseball. He does love to play all of them, but the others are played more frequently. He would probably play golf more often, but that's not something that he can play in the house much, so he is usually shooting hoops in our little tikes hoop (which he's outgrown!) This kid has been playing basketball since he was barely tall enough to shoot a basket when the hoop was on the lowest setting and he stood on his tip-toes! The class was only a week for 45 min a day and he loved every minute! They start the kids off doing jumping jacks (which was probably the cutest thing ever!), and some arm stretches and then they ran a lap around the gym. They learned how to dribble, pass, shoot, and play defense. Michael was probably one of the best kids they had, and I'm not just saying that because I'm his mom! :o) Most of the kids were pretty small and he just has a talent for sports!

Here he is getting hydrated.

After each practice, they huddled together while the coach talked to them with their hands in the circle....

...and then they would yell "Basketball" while they lifted their hands up!

Look at that form! He even got some air!

To keep Emma occupied, I gave her my camera to play with....